After years of breaches, Keith Holswich is fed up with the polluting composter.

More than two weeks on, a realtor, midwife and project manager open up.

Heavy rain warnings and watches are in place for the upper North Island.

Heavy rain warning for Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel for Sunday and Monday.

It will allow more schools to stay safe and open through the Omicron peak, Hipkins says.

The grounds have been closed for two weeks.

"We can't change the pandemic, we can only change how we respond to it."

Holidaymakers' Awakino baches were looted during a Covid-19 level 3 restriction.

When the driver looked up he saw the man and slammed on his brakes, but he was too late.

Taranaki 19-year-old avoids conviction but disqualified from driving for a year.

If you wish summer could last forever, ensure it does with a midweek microadventure.

The "everyman of NZ television" on his hard knocks, family, and being a good sort.

That brings the number of active community cases across the country to 11,601.

Ngāti Maika sees the decision as "an acknowledgment and tribute to our tupuna".

The woman spent someone else's money, and stole meat. But she wasn't entirely to blame.

Brent Davies has always wanted to catch a fish from his deck, on Tuesday he gave it a go.

The vehicle was shunted from the building and suspended metres above the footpath.

Police located a female with moderate injuries while four people were arrested.

Wild weather caused havoc across the country - now the clean-up has started.

The equivalent of one Kiwi city's population got their booster over 28 hours.

The judge "nursed" the man to treatment through the sentences he imposed. It failed.

Yesterday there was a record number of casess.

When police arrested him, he had on only a towel wrapped around his waist.

Many in the North Island will be spending the public holiday indoors as rain is forecast.

Adding to the humidity, intense rain is forecast for east from Hawke's Bay to Coromandel.

The man is still doing drugs and was back in court shortly after his release from jail.

A $16 million marae renovation programme is drawing to a close.

The man will remain in custody until his next appearance in April.

Taranaki's rivers and streams become contaminated with bacteria after rain.